INDOLE-DERIVATIVES AS POTENT INHIBITORS OF LARVAL SETTLEMENT BY THE BARNACLE, BALANUS AMPHITRITE

Authors
KONYA K SHIMIDZU N MIKI W ENDO M
Citation
K. Konya et al., INDOLE-DERIVATIVES AS POTENT INHIBITORS OF LARVAL SETTLEMENT BY THE BARNACLE, BALANUS AMPHITRITE, Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry, 58(12), 1994, pp. 2178-2181
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Biology,Agriculture,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology","Food Science & Tenology
Journal title
Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
09168451
Volume
58
Issue
12
Year of publication
1994
Pages
2178 - 2181
Database
ISI
SICI code
0916-8451(1994)58:12<2178:IAPIOL>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
A potent inhibitor of larval settlement by the barnacle, Balanus amphi trite, was isolated as 2,5,6-tribromo-1-methylgramine from a marine in vertebrate. In comparative tests on the activity of related compounds, such compounds as 2-methylgramine and 2-methyl-3-(morpholinomethyl)-i ndole exhibited potent inhibitory activity. The inhibitory activity to ward larval settlement was found not to be due to toxicity but to a re pellent effect.